German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pushing the European Union to strike a trade agreement with President Donald Trump within ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz insisted a pledge by NATO allies to boost defence spending at a "historic" summit starting ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz bonded during an amicable White House meeting on Thursday with talks about Ukraine, trade and troops, but none of the fireworks that ...

Merz has famously feuded with Ms. Merkel, as has Mr. Trump.) Mr. Merz knew that Mr. Trump usually does most of the talking with foreign counterparts. He did not fight the trend.

President Donald Trump, right, meets Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington remains committed to the NATO alliance. Merz spoke in Berlin on Friday, a ...

For better or worse, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s much-anticipated visit to the White House became a backdrop to the Trump-Musk meltdown.

Europe is using maximum opportunities to support Ukraine and put pressure on Russia, but to achieve a result, the United ...

President Trump's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will take place amid a backdrop of tensions between the U.S. and Europe over trade and Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had one main ask of President Trump during his Oval Office visit on Thursday: that the American president stand with Europe in pressuring Moscow to back down from ...

Trump, Merz discuss trade, NATO spending and Russia’s war on Ukraine. The German chancellor expressed his country’s support for Ukraine and pushed his US counterpart to apply more pressure on ...

Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first in-person meeting with US President Donald Trump.